Capacity Audience of more than 250 waited and were rewarded with enchanting Music and Dance performances along with some comedy at Maurya Manch on Friday 13 January 2023 at Indian School of Excellence Salmiya. Wageesha Jha from Bihar, a SaReGaMa Mumbai Round contestant enthralled the audiences with her singing of Bollywood melodies. On audience demand she also performed her Bhojpuri hit internet single Chutki Sindur. President of Maurya Kala Parisar said Wageesha is the best Hindi Singer in Kuwait and he was proud to have her as member.
Abhay Kashyap President Maurya Kala Parisar welcomed the guests. Mr Sunoj Nambiar Director indiansinKuwait.com was Chief Guest and said he had published about Maurya Kala Parisar Events many times but was happy to be present at Maurya Manch for the first time. He congratulated Maurya Kala Team on nurturing an Organisation for 28 years. He said he would hope Maurya Kala Parisar and indiansinkuwait will continue to collaborate for many events like Diwali Mela, Dinkar Hindi Awards as in the past. Guest of Honour Mr Philip Koshy General Manager Al Mulla exchange in his address in Hindi said he was happy to attend an event which was being conducted in Hindi. He said with the support of the customers Al Mulla Exchange App has been judged as best App in Kuwait and third in Gulf Region. He assured that association of Al Mulla Exchange and Maurya Kala Parisar will continue in future.
Star of the evening were kids and ladies. Avni, Shahana Avika and Lavanya danced their heart out on Kesariya , Manwa Lage and medley of other songs. Yashita Arya Sidhant Tanisha Aarush Arav Trishika performed on Gallan Goodiyaan. Ladies from Salmiya Princy Anamika Shobha Preeti, Sugandha Kritika danced to the heart of audience by their dance on Nach Le and Sharara Sharara numbers. Couples Sujeet & Urmila and Vivek & Ekta did a parody of a dance on Mere Samne wali khidki pe Jug Suna Suna and others which was a great hit.
Daksha Harshita Arya Nandini did group song Ichhak Dana. Yashita did a solo number. There was memories of old Bollywood when singers Sujata did a couple of duets chhup gaye sare najare and lute koi man ka nagar, Shweta Shruti sang Sun Sahiba sun. Male voices were Sabir Ansari who did a medley of songs Ramesh Kumar Vijay Arora performed Rote hue aate hain sab and tum bin jaun kahan.
Late in the evening Devesh Kumar and Rajan Mishra did stand up comedies and made audience laugh. Comic relief was also provided by the kids class room humour by Shahzaib Shahana Reyansh Avika Avani and Lavanya and a skit by Devesh Kumar and Nivedita Sinha.
The show ended with a bang with a fashion show with couples Neeraj and Supriya , Ramesh and Shruti Vivek and Supriya Vijay and Sharmila and Zafar Kainat enacting famous Bollywood Jodis. The performances by jodis brought the event alive. The raffle draw first and second prizes were won by Afsar Alam and Supriya Singh.
Mr Manoj & Mrs. Radhika Mishra Mr Uday Prakash & Mrs. Nivedita Sinha and Mr Sabir and Mrs Bushra Ansari were felicitated for their families long service to Maurya Kala Parisar. Aarush Pandey, Siddhant Bhardwaj Umnag Prakash Avika Sinha Tanishi Yashita Bhardwaj Avni Sinha Aarya Pandey Lavanya Sanjivini Rai Divya Das received cups for their academic and extracurricular achievement.
Vivek Sinha General Secretary gave Vote of thanks. The event was organised by Team of Bushra Ansari Mahtabuzzman Ranjay Kumar Shweta Shruti Manikant Verma Mithilesh Kumar Supriya Singh Nitin Prabhakar Sabir Ansari Sujeet Sinha Sujata Kashyap Vivek Kumar Devesh Kumar Nivedita Sinha Princy Anamika Pandey Shafeeque Ahmad Shyam Bihari Singh Sayed Shabih Shruti Katiyar Ramesh Kumar Nehal Ahmad Anil Kumar Das.
Maurya Kala Parisar, registered with Embassy of India in Kuwait, is a cultural and social association of people in Kuwait connected to the Indian states of Bihar and Jharkhand. Active since 1995, it is dedicated to promotion of arts, culture and heritage of the region through events and activities of interest to Indian Community in Kuwait.